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Particle Field Holography

Particle Field Holography

Particle Field Holography

Chandra S. Vikram, University of Alabama, Huntsville
Brian J. Thompson
September 1992
Available
Hardback
9780521411271

    This 1992 book provides a thorough and systematic description of particle field holography. The use of holography to study very small objects in a dynamic volume is a technique of importance for scientists and engineers across a variety of disciplines for obtaining information about the size, shape and velocity of small objects such as dust particles, fuel droplets, raindrops, pollen, bubbles etc. Professor Vikram has made major contributions to the field, and here provides a coherent, comprehensive and self-contained treatment of the theory, practise and applications. The volume is written to satisfy the needs of researchers in the technique, practising engineers dealing with applications, and advanced students in science or engineering departments. All the necessary mathematical formulations, figures and photographs, experimental procedures and results, and literature citations are therefore included.

    • First book on subject
    • Coherent, comprehensive and self-contained
    •  Summary of current state of the art

    Reviews & endorsements

    'The author provides a coherent comprehensive and self-contained treatment of the theory, practice and applications.' Optics

    'It will be useful for both researchers with the technique itself and scientists/engineers dealing with applications. It is highly recommended.' Optics and Lasers in Engineering

    'The book has great value for the practising physicist or engineer. The material is certainly appropriate to an introductory undergraduate course in optics … The book will be of great value to all researchers and graduate students working in the areas of nonlinear guided-wave optics.' Optics

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    Product details

    September 1992
    Hardback
    9780521411271
    286 pages
    229 × 152 × 21 mm
    0.59kg
    115 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Historical background
    • 2. Introduction to holography
    • 3. General theory of in-line Fraunhofer holography
    • 4. System design considerations
    • 5. Practical considerations
    • 6. Analysis of reconstruction
    • 7. Aberrations and their control
    • 8. Hologram fringe-contrast and its enhancement
    • 9. Non-image plane analysis
    • 10. Velocimetry and high-speed holography
    • 11. The off-axis approach
    • References
    • Index.
      Author
    • Chandra S. Vikram , University of Alabama, Huntsville
    • Foreword
    • Brian J. Thompson